Decision Maker: Corporate Director Children and Young People's Services
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: Yes
Is subject to call in?: Yes
To agree the new fees for the Music Service
2024/25 and to agree actions in order to make savings required of
the service
That an 8% increase be applied to Music Centre
fees from April 2024 to reflect rising costs of the teaching staff
and venue hire
Music Centre – 2 sessions (full morning)£74 (8%
increase)
Music Centre – 1 session (part morning)£59.50 (8%
increase)
That changes to fees and Terms and Conditions are actioned when the
new billing system goes live in September 2024. Parents will be
charged up front and will pay for the actual number of lessons they
are able to receive (traditionally lessons falling on Mondays have
meant parents receive less due to bank holidays and school training
days).
ServiceSeptember 2024 (dependant on number of lessons
offered)
Tuition in a group £80 - £91.40
Individual tuition – 20 min£156.30 –
£167.40
Group of two – 30 min£156.30 – £167.40
(capped at 30 lesson cost)
Individual tuition – 30 min£219.50 - £235.17
(capped at 30 lesson cost)
That the savings plan set out in point 6 is adopted, with a further
review of remissions in 2025.
That school fees remain static so to build back our custom base and
support schools with the New National Plan for Music
Fee levels are reviewed annually in line with
the Council’s Fees and Charges Strategy.
Publication date: 05/03/2024
Date of decision: 05/03/2024
Effective from: 15/03/2024
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